Notch Reference Manual

Kinect1 Skeleton

Method

This node controls the Kinect Skeleton tracked from a Kinect camera sensor.

If this node is hashed out with red, this means the node isn’t active for some reason. Usually :

  • Kinect isn’t on or hasn’t been connected to Notch.
  • Kinect Skeletons have not been enabled in the project settings window.
  • A suitable skeleton hasn’t been found yet.

Transform

Name Description
Position X Move its position along the x-axis in local space.
Position Y Move its position along the y-axis in local space.
Position Z Move its position along the z-axis in local space.
Rotation Heading Rotate the object about the y-axis.
Rotation Pitch Rotate the object about the x-axis.
Rotation Bank Rotate the object about the z-axis.
Scale X Scale along the x-axis.
Scale Y Scale along the y-axis.
Scale Z Scale along the z-axis.

Inherit Transform Channels

Toggle which transform channels should be inherited. By default, all are on.

Attributes

Name Description
Use Active Skeleton When enabled, automatically select the currently active skeleton.
Avatar Index Select which Skeleton to use from the avatar index. Only functional with Use Active Skeleton is disabled.
Rotate Bind Pose Joints By Facing Direction Rotate the bind pose to face along the skeletons local rotations.
Input Skeleton Scale Scale the size of the input skeleton.
Smoothing How much smoothing is applied to the output skeletons motion.
Derive Rotations (Don’t Use Kinect SDK Rotations} Use internally calculated rotations instead of rotations from the Kinect SDK.

Inputs

Name Description Typical Node Input
Hierarchy Root Connect the skeleton root node to drive the rest of the skeleton from. Imported 3D Scene
Transform Modifier Links all transform properties to the input node. Null
Target Node Always faces the x-axis towards the inputs anchor point. Null
Local Transform Override Override the transformation values of the node, relative to its parent. Null

Also listed are the joints for the rest of the skelatal system. To drive a node based on a specific joint, connect it to its relevant input.

Outputs

The outputs section for this node is currently being worked on.